Dalby and Mains ed - OUT OF THE EARTH

[noose]

Noose and Gibbet (Dec. 2010)

Richard Dalby and Johnny Mains ed - Out of the Earth: The Works of Oscar Cook and Christine Campbell Thomson

cover: tba

CONTENTS

OSCAR COOK


GOLDEN LILIES (1922)
SI URAG OF THE TAIL (1923)
ON THE HIGHWAY (1925)
CREATURE OF MAN also known as DOG DEATH (1925)
THE GREAT WHITE FEAR (1925)
THE SACRED JARS also known as WHEN GLISTER WALKED (1927)
PIECEMEAL (1929)
BOOMERANG (1931)
HIS BEAUTIFUL HANDS (1931)
THE CRIMSON HEAD-DRESS (1936)


CHRISTINE CAMPBELL THOMSON


OUT OF THE EARTH (1925)
BROOD OF THE BEAST (1925)
WHEN HELL LAUGHED (1926)
AT NUMBER ELEVEN also known as THE GRAY LADY (1929)
THE RED TURRET (1931)
PUSSY (1931)
BEHIND THE BLINDS (1932)
THE BLACK HARE (1933)
BEHIND THE YELLOW DOOR (1934)
EMPTY STOCKINGS (1936)
MESSAGE FOR MARGIE (1964)

A Biography of Christine Campbell Thomson - Richard Dalby
A Biography of Oscar Cook - Johnny Mains




Noose and Gibbet's second book for 2010 sees for the first time the stories of Oscar Cook and Christine Campbell Thomson in a complete collection.



OSCAR COOK

GOLDEN LILIES first published in: Hutchinson's Adventure Story Magazine - Sept 1922, then Keep on the Light - Jul 1933, then More Not at Night, 1961

SI URAG OF THE TAIL first published in: Hutchinson's Adventure Story Magazine - Jan 1923, then Weird Tales - July 1926, then You'll Need a Night Light - Sept 1927, then A Century of Creepy Stories - 1934, then Still Not at Night - 1962

ON THE HIGHWAY published under the pseudonym of 'Cargray Cook' (Cargray a pun on the story) in Weird Tales - Jan 1925 - HAS NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM

CREATURE OF MAN first published in Hutchinson's Mystery Story Magazine - April 1925, then Weird Tales - November 1926 then as DOG DEATH in Terror by Night - August 1934

THE GREAT WHITE FEAR first published in Hutchinson's Adventure Story Magazine - June 1925, then Grim Death - August 1932, then A Century of Creepy Stories - 1934

THE SACRED JARS first published in Weird Tales - March 1927 then as WHEN GLISTER WALKED in Gruesome Cargoes - July 1928 then A Century of Creepy Stories - 1934

PIECEMEAL first published in By Daylight Only - October 1929, then Weird Tales - February 1930, then Not at Night Omnibus - 1937 then Second Pan Book of Horror Stories - 1960

BOOMERANG first published in Switch on the Light - April 1931, then A Century of Creepy Stories - 1934, then Pan Book of Horror Stories - 11 Dec 1959

HIS BEAUTIFUL HANDS first published in At Dead of Night - November 1931, then Not at Night Omnibus - 1937, then Pan Book of Horror Stories - 11 Dec 1959

THE CRIMSON HEAD-DRESS first published in Nightmare by Daylight - April 1936


CHRISTINE CAMPBELL THOMSON


OUT OF THE EARTH first published in Hutchinson's Mystery Magazine in April 1925, then in Weird Tales in April 1927, then in You'll Need a Night Light in September 1927, then in More Not at Night in 1961, then in Tandem Book of Ghost Stories in 1965, then in Third Armada Ghost Book in 1970

BROOD OF THE BEAST first published in Hutchinson's Mystery Story Magazine #28 May 1925 NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM.


WHEN HELL LAUGHED first published in Hutchinson's Mystery Magazine in January 1926 then in Gruesome Cargoes in July 1928

AT NUMBER ELEVEN first published in By Daylight Only in October 1929 then as THE GRAY LADY in Weird Tales in Oct 1929

THE RED TURRET first published in Switch on the Light in April 1931 then in A Century of Creepy Stories in 1934 then in Realms of Darkness in 1985

PUSSY first published in At Dead of Night in November 1931, then in Not at Night in 1960.

BEHIND THE BLINDS first published in Grim Death in August 1932, then in Still Not at Night in 1962

THE BLACK HARE first published in Keep on the Light in July 1933, then in Not at Night Omnibus in 1937

BEHIND THE YELLOW DOOR first published in Terror By Night in August 1934, then in Not at Night Omnibus in 1937 then in Pan Book of Horror Stories in Dec 11 1959, then in 65 Great Spine Chillers in 1982

EMPTY STOCKINGS first published in Nightmare by Daylight in April 1936

MESSAGE FOR MARGIE first published in Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories in Dec 1964

[David A. Riley]

This sounds like a major coup to me. Great names from the past. Look forward to this book.

It's great to see you're looking at reprinting stuff like this, rather than going for contemporary writers like so many small press publishers. Which is something I welcome - as I'm sure will most people on the Vault.

Hope you can get some appropriately vintage-looking artwork.

David

[jamesdoig]

Crikey! This is a "must have" book.

[Johnlprobert]

Johnny you KNOW I'm already there for this one!

Well done!

[monker]

I'd probably buy it for the CCT stories but I'm not sure Oscar Cook is my cup of tea.

[noose]

Very pleased to announce that I've tracked down THREE stories by Oscar Cook that have only ever appeared in magazine form, and one of them is VERY nasty indeed. Tattooed tribal warriors with fetishes for blonde haired females...